Film & Television

The theatrical release of Jurassic World attests the enduring appeal of Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking 1993 blockbuster.
I saw Jurassic Park three times in theaters back in 1993, and I vividly recall two things from that time. One is my… read more

The golden age of popular, pious, genial Hollywood Catholicism is more or less bookended by two hugely successful Best Picture winners: one about a singing priest, the other about a singing postulant nun turned wife and stepmother.
Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby as a … read more

The comic genius Preston Sturges believed that laughter is the best medicine, and that what people in hard times want is to forget their troubles and escape for 90 minutes or so into a world of lighthearted comedy, snappy repartee and slapstick silliness… read more

Newly remastered for Blu-ray and DVD, the classic animated adaptation of Richard Adams’ Watership Down is available from Criterion.
Richard Adams’ Watership Down, a masterful epic about rabbits, occupies a space somewhere between… read more

Every year Valentine’s Day brings new lists of top romantic movies, often with many titles recycled from previous lists—some deservedly so (Casablanca, The Princess Bride, Groundhog Day), others less so in my book (Titanic,&nbsp… read more

Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings (in theaters December 12) isn’t this year’s first big-screen Bible film, but it may well be a throwback to a type of Hollywood Bible spectacle we haven’t seen since…well, since Cecil B… read more

The word utopia was coined by St. Thomas More in his book of that name—an important and enigmatic work of fiction and political philosophy generally understood as some sort of satire.
The term seems to be a Latin pun: It is used in the sense of … read more

I wanted to share with Catholic Digest readers that there’s a powerful new movie coming to theaters September 26th called The Song. It’s a breath of fresh air to finally see a Christian movie that cares about art as much… read more

Ray Liotta avoids typecasting in art as well as in life. He’s an on-screen maniac who says he can’t imagine hurting someone in real life. He’s won acclaim for playing menacing characters in Goodfellas and Unlawful Entry as well as pop … read more

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